Amy Adams Plays a Stay-at-Home Mom Who Thinks She's Turning Into a Dog in Nightbitch Trailer

Amy Adams is exploring her wild side. 

The six-time Oscar nominee, 50, stars as a new mom who is convinced she’s turning into a dog in Nightbitch, an adaptation of author Rachel Yoder's 2021 novel.

Per a synopsis, Adams’ character “pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.” Are her doglike features merely a trick of the imagination? 

Written and directed by A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood filmmaker Marielle Heller, Nightbitch also stars Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Emmett James Snowden, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan and Jessica Harper.

Searchlight Pictures, the distributor behind the movie, released a poster on May 12, revealing a cheeky tagline: “Motherhood is a bitch.”

When asked about the delayed release of Nightbitch due to the Hollywood writers' and actors' strikes of 2023, Heller told IndieWire in April, “It’s kind of like having creative blue balls. We want this movie to come out and be in the world. I’m just so excited that it’s finally coming out and we’re going to get to share it.”

Heller told Vanity Fair last month of Adams' commitment to the role, "She was this gorgeous movie star who was never allowed to look real, and she got to look real" here.

Adams added of her transformation, “I wasn’t judging anything as it was going on. I wasn’t judging my physical appearance. I was just in the character so much. So, yeah, I suppose that can feel liberating at times, but also terrifying.”

Adams hasn't been seen on screen since 2022's Disenchanted, the sequel to her 2007 Disney breakout Enchanted. Among her other upcoming projects is costarring with Jenna Ortega in Klara and the Sun, from director Taika Waititi.

Nightbitch is in theaters Dec. 6.